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The outfield arrives and talks…
Manny Ramirez, Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier all reported early today, and Manny chatted with the media a few minutes ago.
He said that he hit quite a bit this offseason to try and figure out the mechanical issues that had him a bit off during the end of last season. He also said that he expects this to be his last year at the Dodgers so he's going to enjoy it as much as possible. His funniest line, I thought, was when he told reporters that from the waste down, he feels 15 years old but from the neck up, he feels 43.
Anyway, that's the buzz around camp at the moment. Andre and Matt haven't really spoken yet to the media in a group, but I know Ken Gurnick chatted with Andre when the clubhouse opened, so I'm sure stories will be on the front of the site soon.
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Woo-hoo! So glad baseball is just around the corner.
Y'all realize that a flatline salary scale through 2018 precludes the club from keeping the core group intact through their first few years of free agency.
Enjoy them this year and next gang, that's it.
You are right, Enchanted.
It won't really matter, though, because nobody will be able to afford to see them play.
You are beginning to get warmed up, aren't you, Enchanted?
Fantastic…time warp strikes again!
This ownership counts on the fact that they can put whatever product they want out there at whatever price they want to charge and people will still come in droves to the ballpark. The only way to hit them where they live is to wise-up and not play the game. I'm surprised they haven't figured out a way to charge for the blog yet. They do and I'm outta here because I won't support these clowns in any way, shape or form.
Only reason I'm relatively calm is because opening day is only 62 days away.
I'm sure that somewhere in yet undisclosed future plans is for Frank (#482+++) to charge an annual fee for participation in ITD. That's, of course, if MLB will let them – what, with Selig in charge, is there any doubt?
I'd say, support the boys, but boycott the ownership. Don't go to games and don't buy their overpriced souvenirs. Less revenue is the ONLY thing the McLeverages understand. And make no mistake, less revenue isn't going to impact the core group because there's no way in hell they're going to keep them when they become free agents anyway.
Enchanted ~ there is ONE game Nellyjune and I must go to 🙂
To paraphrase Howard Beale….Dodger fans are "MAD AS HELL AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!
Manny says that he expects this to be his last year with the Dodgers! REALLY? On the first day he reports to camp? Can't we just concentrate on the job at hand? I for one will be counting the days…see ya Manny!
Go Matty!! Go Andre!! Shut up Manny!
A lot of negative comments. This is spring, be happy baseball is about to start, we have a chance to go all the way. It seems that every year there are a lot of crybabies out there. If you can't get just the players you want you complain and gripe. Grow up, and enjoy the game for what it is, a great competition, where any team can win on any day. The best pitcher can be beat and the weakest hitter can be the hero. Enjoy the day for we do not know what tomorrow will bring. Go Dodgers!!!
Just getting ready for the fun to begin 🙂
…………..and yes, May 18th has been marked on my calendar for some time now 🙂
Good aftrernoon all………….
GO AWAY FRANK and JAMIE!!!!
demrmybums, that sure is a negative comment on the bloggers here……….
Wow!! I haven't been on PST in a lonnng time, and I thought I was comment 16, but that would be you Dodger4life.
I can see another season of discontent approaching before my very eyes. Remember all the shenanigans, to put it politely, that Manny underwent with the Sox before they unloaded him? For Manny to state up front that this is his last season with the Dodgers is totally out of place before the season has even started. What kind of mindset is he bringing to this season for us? I knew that Frank and Ned were overdoing it with the two year deal, especially when the second year was at the option of Manny only. I hope this does not portend the kind of season that Manny last spent in Beantown.
What we need is to prepare a stud for our outfield to fully take over next season when Manny is finally gone. I don't think Manny'll be producing much, and I'd like to see him gone to DH duty somewhere else by the end of July.
In the meantime, what's the status of Mannywood going to be? Do we need to exhibit a few dumpsters out there in LF – preferably with Frank's picture on one, Ned's on the other.
Bear…So far Manny has showed up on time to spring training. For the betterment of the team, this is good. I have said that as long as Manny acts in a Dodger Pride fashion….I am behind him 100%!! We all knew he was destined for the A.L soon…. this is not surprising news. Yes, I agree that one of the youngsters need to be prepped for his departure……I understand your perspective on Manny though 🙂
I Folks,
It will be sad to see Manny go, no matter what kind of a year he has but I know we all want to see him finish in a blase of glory.
From the for what is worth department:
I have been in a Dodger season ticket partnership for quite a few years. The partnership used to include 8 partners, meaning we each ended up with 10 games. Last season the ticket owner brought in two more partners because of his concern that rising ticket prices would make it more difficutl to retain partners and/or find replacements for partners who left. While we did not have that much turnover in partners over the years, the rising ticket costs over the past few years has been a concern. For years our seat location did not change. But the past three seasons, including the upcoming one, our location has improved each season. We began in the lodge section down the right field line and we now are just a bit to the right of home plate. The only way this could happen is for whatever reason, long time season ticket holders have given up their seats, allowing other long time season ticket holders a chance to improve. I am not sure how often the ticket owner tried to improve our seats but there has to be a reason we have been able to significantly improve the location, even compared to last season's location. Draw you own conclusions.
But this does point to a problem I have mentioned when others have suggested sending a message to ownership that affects its wallet. I can understand giving up tickets because the cost is greater than the customer is willing or able to pay. But to do so just in hopes such a move will influence ownership's behavior is not a move I am willing to make just yet because even if that behavior does change, those seats will be gone. So if you want to attend the games and can afford to do so, by all means do it. If you want to "send a message", don't buy anything while you are there. Bring you own food and resist the other stuff.
As for Manny, while I suppose it would be been better for him to just say the usual stuff such as, " I am looking forward to the season", or " I will do whatever the manager wants to help this team win", or " I worked hard during the offseason getting into shape and working on my hitting", or "I am concentrating on this season. Let's wait to see what happens before we talk about next season", does it really matter what he says? I like Ned's response: I hope Manny has a banner year and some American league team pays him a lot of money to be a DH next season because that would mean he had a great year for the Dodgers this season. We should be so lucky.
Single game tickets go on sale March 6th. However, if you want to see the Yankee game, you have to purchase a Mini-Plan…….Typical management move!
I'm out here in SE Utah and try to see a game a year, and came out to LA the last time the Yanks were in town. Now it's impossible with this new mini-plan garbage. It would be impossible for me to get tics for opening day or the Yanks. With these new revelations about the projected salaries, and the new tickets policy, I've got to say I'm less than impressed by management.
I've said from the beginning that at some point the other Manny would show up. Hope I'm wrong about that one.
My wife is dreading the start of the season because of all the swearing that comes along with the Dodger games. Maybe it will not be such a big deal this year.
lbirken – fabulous posts – well worth the 4 cents 🙂
Don't mean to play Dr. Laura, but the McCourts could have saved themselves a lot of money and grief if they'd just seen a good marriage counselor…you know, each one willing to accept grown-up reality, but determined to grow and make their love right again. God forbid they should make mature choices. Fashioning a financial empire obviously left them vacant. I don't believe in irreconcilable differences..that is until one or the other starts unzipping his/her pants. Then the whole shebang is blown right out of the water. Just ask Tiger. Spoiled children. No wonder Madame Jamie needs a million bucks a month. But I draw the line when these two carpetbaggers start urinating on a a storied franchise, and a damn good baseball team, to boot.
And I'll echo northstates…Manny is being honest; he's a DH waiting to happen.
And I'll second northstates…Bring on Vinny…..so I can rinse this whole McCourt taste out of my mouth.
lbirken, my buddy gave up his decades-old box when Frank started hammering away at the front row box seats of Field Level. We used to sit three rows back. Seems like a couple of owners and a lifetime ago…
Trublu: That's because, as a Bostonian, I'm sure our owner is used to relying on the Yankees to boost ticket sales.
Manny says this is gonna be his last year? Who's surprised? Who wanted a 39 year old Manny next year in the DH-less (and therefore supported by God 😉 ) NL? This is a relative non-story, and Manny, battered by PED accusations and Father Time, can ill afford another temper-tantrum like the one he put Boston through every offseason, and I'm fairly certain Scotty Warbucks reminds him of that every day. We're getting a driven Manny this year, the only difference between the drive of '10 Manny and the drive of '08 Manny is that this Manny is (hopefully) PED-free.
Jamie McCourt's lawyers uncover a document detailing plans to raise ticket prices while stifling payroll? Big whoop, she'll say anything and do anything to get back in charge. I wouldn't believe anything either of them come up with now. In the land of shady people, these two have set up shop underneath a rainforest canopy. Before long, Frank will be saying that Jamie would move the team to Boston, then Jamie will say that Frank is spending the Think Cure! money at Santa Anita, and then Jamie will say Frank is a doodyhead, then Frank will prepare the "I'm Rubber, You're Glue" statement.
Jon Weisman pointed out on Dodger Thoughts that the whole revenue document could've been a ploy to get foreign investors to invest in the alleged Dodgers/Beijing/Premiere League partnership by making the Dodgers' finances look too-good-to-be-true. That would make sense.
I'm looking forward to reading about the team in the sports pages, and not on TMZ or CourtTV. And I don't think it's wise to shoot the messenger. I don't like it when people come to my job and give me crap because of something my boss is making me do (which the franchise is making the boss do… which the corporation is making the franchise do… etc…), so the thought of doing the same to Josh has never seemed appealing.
I'm just waiting to hear Vin's voice again.
Did the Dodgers operate at a loss during these years???
From 2004 through 2009, the McCourts received in excess of $108,000,000 in what was characterized as "ownership distributions" from the McCourt Enterprise. . . . Further, those funds were not reduced by any income tax liabilties because the parties have not paid any federal or California income taxes since they moved to California in 2004.
Frank and Jamie didn't…Take that as a positive or a negative…your choice!!!
Well said, Northstateblues. And, thanks for your sound reasoning. I too can hardly wait for Vinny to say, "It's time for Dodger Baseball."
Maybe with Manny gone next year the dodgers will go out and buy or trade for their first "in his prime years with even greater upside" transaction of the McCourt era.
It would be nice to add a young talent to the young talent we have. No one, not even Dodger people could say, well were better. I don't care about payroll I just care about getting better
Like we didn't know this already hope Paul and Lambo are ready or whoever is next to take that spot next season.
From an article about Dustin Pedroia….
Pedroia worked with Dodgers' star Andre Ethier in the offseason in hopes of gaining a step in 2010 to help that already-speedy top of the order score more runs.
It's great seeing the word "star" next to Andre's name. I know he will never take that status for granted, but having been an avid fan of his since he was traded from the A's, I am glad this day finally came because we Ethieraholics knew it all along. I can't wait to see how our young core progresses this season. 10 Days and 12 hours until their first spring training game. Can't wait to see them take the field once again.
Me Too! I just waiting for Vin to say those magic words "Is time for Dodger Baseball" and also Jaime saying "Se va, se va, despidala con un beso" We are blessed to have them both!
I can't wait to see Andre, Kemp, Loney, Jonathan Broxton and the rest of the boys in Blue!
I can't wait to see who will be our Spring Training surprise or surprises.
How is the ITD crazy family?
Dang I heard Martin weight 231 pounds now.
lol Manny reported early blah but do he really care about this club or not?
Manny better get the 2008 numbers back.
Well Shad – We will know soon enough what they have been up to during the off season when we see them on the field in 10 days. Yeah!!!
In the photo gallery on the home page, Broxton is looking really good, and Casey Blake clean shaven will take some getting used to, but he's not bad either. There aren't any photos of Russell where you can specifically tell anything different. Andre looks fabulous!!!
Let me preface this post by saying that I should've been in bed long ago, but I'm fighting insomnia for some reason, so I'm probably a bit cranky as I type this.
I came across this article while looking at Dodgers articles tonight.
I going to take Josh to task for most of what he says due to recent revelations made about ticket prices and revenues generated. Before someone posts the same tired arguement, "Josh is just doing his job," let me point out that I am not disagreeing with the fact that he is doing his job. What I'm hammering on is the fact that he sounds like a complete shill in this article.
"The increased ticket prices are the results of rising business costs." What business costs? Payroll has not risen, stadium improvements were put on hold and if memory serves me correct, the Dodgers have rid themselves of some pretty high-paying roles in the last few months and not replaced those individuals person-for-person. Could the increase be that Frank wants that line of credit to raise so he can continue to withdraw money from the Ticket ATM machine? Hmm….
"…and no increase in concession prices is expected." First of all, good, because the prices at the stadium are already borderline criminal. Secondly, he uses a qualifier by saying expected, so I'll believe it when I don't see it if you know what I mean.
"…we've kept season ticket prices flat for two years running…" Congratulations on that one. It must have been tough considering that prices went up an average of 25% across the board from the time the McCourts leveraged the team.
"…we've maintained the same parking price for four years in a row…" Uh, parking prices at one time stayed consistent for decades at a time, so no props there. Besides, it went from $7 to $10 to $15, so it's not like we haven't already been bent over on this one."
"We will always work hard to provide affordable ticket options for all fans." Is it just me, or is this one of Josh's goto lines every time an increase comes around? Try something original, will you? You are the VP of Communications, after all.
"The ticket price increases have no connection to the high-profile divorce of owner Frank McCourt and Jamie McCourt…"
Probably the only non-BS line in the whole article. I'm sure the increases were coming regardless of the divorce.
That's it. I'm done. Good night (I hope).
Alright, ST is officially open…just wish spring was here in Texas, it is a windy 30 plus degrees in Dallas with a slight chance of snow!!! I will kill that groundhog if I ever see him!!!
As for Manny, I do not have a problem with what he said, it is obvious he will not be back. I did not hear the whole interview so I do not know what he was asked. It is his way of getting it out there, I truly believe he is happy to play in LA and wishes he could stay, but Father Time and Mr McCourt will not allow…Go Manny and produce like you are capable..
Martin at 231..Hmmm..muscle or excess weight. Time will tell, I really hope he has a big year..maybe his last also with the budget constraints that seem to be coming…
Josh, I feel for you, you have a no win job. You have to tow the company line and also try to keep the fans pacified…I do not envy your job. It would be easier if the O malleys were still the owners but your current situation has to be tough.
Lets go Dodgers!!!
McCort said the fans are behind him, he didn't mention that was only if he was standing at the edge of a cliff!
McCort said the fans are behind him, he didn't mention that was only if he was standing at the edge of a cliff!
Just a comment here on how I regard Josh's function, particularly in light of the fine post above by Cy.
I've not had the opportunity to meet him personally, as many of you who attended the ITD event have. I'm sure he is a personable individual and feels that part of his job is to relate to the fans and be a link between them and ownership/ management. Does that make him sacrosanct for a degree of criticism when other fans feel it is due? I view his function here on ITD on two levels. I do appreciate him maintaining this blog and furnishing us the sports related information concerning our team and individual team members. I take his remarks in that respect at face value. When it comes to explaining and justifying the franchise and ownership/ management actions, however, I don't think he has any more credibility than Punxsutawney Phil – in fact a lot less, because Punxsutawney has at least a 50/50 chance of being right. That shouldn't subject Josh to insults such as we amply throw the way of Frank and Ned, nor negative remarks toward our ITD members who hold Josh in high regard for their own reasons. I won't assign one of those numeric designations to Josh, but I won't buy what he has to tell us about management justification for team finances for instance. As a VP, and probably a highly paid one at that, he's not just a "messenger", but part of the overall management with presumably some decision making power, or at least with some advisory influence.
As to the economic decisions concerning the team, I'm seeing a Mannion influence at work. When you talk about maximizing the brand value, of not selling just single tickets to major attraction games, that all smells of PortaPotty to me. He's not likely to suck in any of my dollars – due to my distant location, if I have the ability to catch a Dodger game, it will probably be in Seattle or SF. Mannion is clearly not a friend of the "family of four" who can only attend a game or two a year, unless they want to settle for seeing the Pirates or KC on some indistinct evening that doesn't affect a pennant race. But that's probably the nature of sports attendance anymore. So, to Mannion and his kin in the sports world, a hearty #482 to you too!
Oh, and Josh, please tell Frank that a "small vocal minority" here wants him to
That's why I stick to fishing. Its more relaxing, cheaper, and less aggrevating unless you get caught in a snag or lose that 5 friggin' pound rainbow like I did in the Owens River a few years ago.
Good morning ITD!
Russell looks lighter in this picture
Very good stuff, guys!
Ramslover – here is a little more of what Manny said….
Ahhh, the glory of Spring Training and the agony of this ownership. It's not so much the product; I really like this year's squad…Manny, Kershaw, Ethier, Kemp, maybe a feel-good story like Gagne. And Vinny. But the McCourts are an utter embarrassment to me as a Dodger fan, both in their personal life and their business life. Not sure how the train got so miserably off track, but even one Rupert Murdock or Frank McCourt is too much for any franchise to swallow. We here in Dodger land got two full gulps of the stinking swill.
Kahli – You make a good point about the embarrassment. However, I would also say that it is not just the ownership (although they drive it all), but the front office in general.
Kahli, I pretty much supported the McCourts until recently even if I did not support every move. I am convinced Frank and Jamie wanted very much to put a winning team on the field and improve Dodger Stadium. While I am sure Frank still wants very much to win, I too am peeved at what I see as a bit of arrogance and selfishness. I know the Dodgers are a business and need to be run like one but all of that should be transparent to the fans.
However, I think we should be careful in reacting to all the crap that has been made public and what is to come as Frank and Jamie battle for control of the Dodgers. I have no doubt Jamie's lawyers will do whatever they can to embarrass Frank and make him look bad, and his lawyers will do the same to her. With the way these two people have acted, making either one look bad will be easy.
lbirken, you're the voice of reason, as usual….. But Frank and Jamie still give me gas.
I find it disturbing that our team was one of the top stories on Sports Nation today…..their #2 story of the day was the fact that a team rich in history and one of the most profitable franchises would not allow the fans to buy a ticket to see the Yankees play. We are going to be an embarassment as long as Frank and or Jamie are in charge. I feel sorry for us, the fans, and the players, who have to put up with all the crap.
I just took a quick look at the Red Sox web site to see how they are handling tickets and found they are offering tickets to some Yankee games and the Dodger series via a lottery system. And if I am not mistaken, the Angels started charging tiered pricing for their tickets depending upon the opponent a few seasons ago, so it is not only the Dodgers that try to maximize revenue. That being said, I have always been a fan of the saying, "just because something can be done does not always mean that it should". The Dodger organization has to accept repsonsibility for all its business practices.
lbirken – I don't see an issue with the varied pricing structure. It is a reality that is just coming to the Dodgers. However, being unable to buy single tickets for a game and instead being forced to buy at least mini plans is simply unacceptable for the Dodgers. Since when do the Dodgers need to use the visiting team as a marketing ploy? Those games could have all been part of the varied pricing structure and all sold out very easily. However, the front office saw this as an easy way to screw the fans by making them buy tickets to many more games to have the priviledge to have the tickets to one Yankee game. That is absolutely ridiculous.
All I said is I understand why the Dodgers would take this marketing position. I did not say I agreed with it or that I think it is the right thing to do. I do wonder if anyone in the organization did raise the issue internally and at least asked if the organization was prepared for some negative reaction to this ploy. Actually, I think the Red Sox idea of offering such highly sought after tickets in a some sort of lottery system makes a lot of sense.
I believe Frank is fine threaded metal fastenering us fans….when we should tell him to go get self tappered!!!
Before you know it, they will make you purchase a Mini-Plan in order to get a giveaway (like bobbleheads).
185!!! :)))
Jhall ~ That's all you've got?! lol
I'm speechless Trumom!! Our owners are not really in this for the right reasons. They're not concerned with returning us to the elite of baseball. Just making some cash and living the high life. JMO!!!
Henceforth, extend Ned, the perfect spin person and stool pigeon!!!
I know exactly how you feel, Jhall. Most of us share your frustration. I was just having a little fun with you 🙂
Steinbrenner wasn't just happy making money, he wanted to be the best and return the Yankees to their previous glory. I didn't care for him but he had the balls to make it happen. My hats off to him now. Frank obviously doesn't have the 'nads!! Jamie will vouch for that!!!! :)))
I always admired Steinbrenner for going out and getting whatever it took in order to give the Yankee fans a winner. I also wish "Nads" would do the same. lol
Oh really Manny 5 more years 3 more with the Dodgers and 2 more years in Japan or maybe he was talking about 2 more years with the Japan team lol.
I'm totally with you Trumom!! Well said!! LMAO!!!
🙂 🙂
:))) Goodnight Trumom!!! Thanks for the being here. Hope you have a great night and a beautiful tomorrow!!! Excelsior True Believers!!!
Negative, negative, negative. We're all so negative about the Dodgers here. Well, we have company. There are several new articles in The LA Times about our team, all on the first few inches of their their website as I write this.
One, about Russell Martin's new body, is not negative. It will hopefully correct his power loss of last season:
Two, about the McCourts not paying any taxes could be read as negative:
Three, a new Simers article claims to be positive. But you know TJ, it's sarcastic:
Four, about the Yankee ticket scam (and that's a polite term for what it is), is negative. I've read the previous posts about this but didn't know that the LEAST amount of games you would have to buy for in these "mini-plans" is 14! FOURTEEN games! Now, while supply-and-demand might well be totally legal, so was carpetbagging in the post-Civil War south. As usual, lbirken said it quite well when he said, "just because something can be done does not always mean that it should". The article:
Five, Mrs McCourt may succeed in dragging the divorce trial until October. I certainly don't view this as a positive:
Six, the "tempest in a teapot" story about how Ramirez says this is his last season with the Dodgers and it's carrying into a second day. No kidding. What idiot thinks otherwise?
So it would seem that it's not just us ITD malcontents. Does it?
Look, McCourt. You had yourself a nice little run here. Now go. Get out. Sell the team before the courts say you need your ex-wife's permission. You obviously intend on spending the minimum necessary to keep the attendance from falling. We deserve better than you.
We deserve better than you.
We deserve better than you.
We deserve better than you.
Good Morning, ITDland ~ was reading the posts I missed last night and, thank you, Dodgereric, for backing up what the majority of us have been saying.
And, I echo the sentiment…………WE DESERVE BETTER THAN YOU.
lbirken – Didn't have a chance to get back on last night, but I wanted to say that I agree with your second point and sorry if I came off as criticizing you on my followup to your first post…it was really more me getting on a soapbox than anything else.
To your points in the followup to my post, I would hope that the Dodgers have internal discussions about possible reactions to their decisions (that seems like a good business practice), but one never can tell with this front office. As far as the lottery system goes for tickets, I agree that seems like a much more fair way to go then making fans by tickets to 14 additional games just to be able to buy tickets to the Yankee games.
Cy ~ I know you had a different name before but, for the life of me, cannot remember what it was. Love your posts. Keep up the good work!
With all the focus on foreign ownership partners, I'm wondering how you say "Mannywood" in chinese.
Good Morning ITD readers and writers!!! Great reading by all yesterday and last night.
lbirken and cy – always love reading your two cents worth.
dodgereric – thanks for all literature to back up what we have been saying.
I don't view us as being negative. We are just stating what are the issues facing the Dodgers as an organization. I don't think anybody here, once the season begins, will take any of their frustrations with management out on the players. I can parallel this to our current situation with education. I love my job and always will (I think) but I criticize and strongly dislike how the government (federal, state, local, and district) is handling our schools. We are heading into major budget issues once again, which will affect jobs and loss of programs once again. However, with all the things happening around us in education, the students are still arriving in the classroom, and it's my job to teach them and they need to be unaffected by what is happening around them.
Agree, WE DESERVE BETTER THAN YOU.
Trouble is, like Clint Eastwood says at the end of Unforgiven, "Deserve's got nothing to do with it."
Tru – my former name was clhuerth, but I got tired of seeing such a bland name when all of you had such creative ones:) Also, thanks for the kinds words. I just try to give as honest an opinion as I can when I think I have something to contribute.
Thanks, Cy. Nellyjune and I were going crazy trying to remember!
I agree with Nellyjune. We are not negative. We are smart and know what is being done to our team.


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Hold onto your hats, people! It's the second post in a week – I'm on fire.
I just wanted to stop in and share something super cool with any of you lucky ducks that, like me, live here in Singapore. Do you know Bloesem Blog? Of course you do! (And if you don't.. get on it!). Well, Irene Hoofs, author of Bloesem Blog (and possibly the nicest person you'll ever meet) has opened the sweetest little shop right here in Singapore, aptly named, Bloesem Creative Space. It's devine. Seriously, go there.
Well, not only is Irene selling some gorgeous goodies from her shop, she's also hosting Classes – run by some very exciting people flown in from all around the globe. I'm not kidding – every single class that comes out has my name on it.
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Just to clear things up: Jerry Sandusky is NOT gay!!!
The world of college sports was rocked in recent weeks by the revelation that a former assistant coach for the Penn State Nittany Lions, Jerry Sandusky, allegedly sexually abused at least ten boys. Sandusky has been arrested and a number of university officials have been fired as a result of the scandal, up to and including the legendary head coach Joe Paterno and the university president, Graham Spanier.
Much to everyone's surprise, Sandusky consented to an interview with Bob Costas of NBC News. I must say, Costas' questions were entirely inappropriate. One in particular really ticked me off.
"Are you sexually attracted to young boys, to underage boys?"
Excuse me?! Pedophiles are not "attracted" to their victims. Everyone knows this. Pedophiles are rapists, and like all rapists, they commit their acts of perversion because of the sense of power and domination it gives them, not because they are sexually attracted to their victims. Atrraction has nothing to do with it.
Because if we were forced to admit that guys like Sandusky like little boys, we would be tactily admitting that he has same-sex attractions. And people with same sex attractions are…gay? Well, yeah. And then we would have to admit that all the child molesting priests are also gay and all the scoutmasters who prey on the scouts are gay too. That simply can't happen.
And we know that Sandusky is not gay. He's a married man with six children, for crying out loud! So he's not gay. Of course, I've had flings with married men before. We like to laugh at those guys in the LGBTQXYZ community. Yes, there are "straight" men who stray from their marital vows and somehow end up in the dunes down at the beach, waiting for someone to come by and sodomize them in a most anonymous fashion. These "heteros" are basically in deep denial, sometimes even unwilling to admit to themselves that they love the cock. And so we laugh at them. "Straight" men who sleep with other men are obviously not straight, or not exclusively so. In gay parlance, they're "on the down low".
But straight men who sleep with underaged boys are straight. And not at at all gay. We know this because we know that pedophiles are not really attracted to their victims.
The reason why some "straight" men who are married with children sometimes end up in the bed with other men is because they are deeply embarrassed by their sexual attractions. So they pretend that they don't have these attractions. But there's nothing embarrassing about being attracted to little boys, so obviously there are no straight men out there who are hiding their attractions to little boys. They're up front about it. Wait a second, what I mean to say is that no one is attracted to little boys. They rape little boys because of the sense of power it provides, not sexual attraction.
Which kind of raises another question–if men who have sex with young boys are not really gay, does that mean that men who have sex with young girls are not really straight? Let's say for example that we set up one of those Dateline NBC traps with the underage girl at home alone, and the men come in through the garage with their clothes off and then they get busted by Chris Hansen and try to make a run for it before being tased by the cops and shoved into the back of a cop car. Obviously, since these men are engaging in rape, and since rape has nothing to do with attraction, you'd think that such a trap would net at least a few gay men. Except that doesn't happen. Surprisingly, gay men aren't lured into the trap when the bait is female. Strange.
So men who have sex with little girls do it because they like little girls. But men who have sex with little boys do it because of power relationships. Heterosexual pedophiles do it because they're heterosexual. Homosexual pedophiles do it because…wait, there's no such thing as a homosexual pedophile. They simply don't exist. Because the sex between men and boys–which might seem to be homosexual to anyone with two brain cells to rub together–isn't really homosexuality, and therefore its practitioners aren't really homosexual pedophiles. They're just pedophiles with no discernible sexual orientation.
Don't take my word for it. It's just what the experts say, m'kay? The EXPERTS! And if you don't believe me, you're obviously a science hater and I'm getting so sick of you right-wing science haters.
Of course, the evidence bears me out. When Costas asked Sandusky if he was attracted to boys, Sandusky said no. And I believe him. He wouldn't lie about this.
"Sexually attracted? You know, I enjoy young people. I love to be around them. But no, I'm not sexually attracted to young boys."
See? The truth is always a serious impediment to you silly homophobes out there. We know that Sandusky is not attracted to young boys because he said so. Boo-yah! Sure, he showered with the boys, snapped towels at their tight little buns, and he may have allowed his genitals to accidentally come in contact with them. Sure, he touched them on their beautiful, adolescent legs. But he's not attracted to them. And sure, he's alleged to have given and received oral sex with young boys. He's even accused of buttfucking them in the showers. But he's not attracted to them. We know that because he says so.
Unfortunately, the American Psychiatric Association DSM-IV hasn't been updated yet. They're still filling people with the misinformation that pedophiles pop a chubby at the idea of having sex with children. Nonsense.They define pedophilia as:
"Over a period of at least 6 months, recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges or behaviors involving sexual activity with a pre-pubescent child or children (generally age 13 or younger)"
Sexually arousing fantasies? Sexual urges? That's nonsense. It's all about power. There's no sexual attraction there. We're going to have to educate the experts. Maybe we'll just crash their next convention and throw a hissy fit until they change their manual to something that doesn't make us cry.
Because if Jerry Sandusky is attracted to young boys, that would mean that he has same sex attractions. That would make him a gay pedophile, which is a subsect of the gay population. And we don't want him. We don't even want the word "gay" to appear in close proximity to the word pedophile. It's imperative that we pretend that this obviously repressed homosexual is actually straight as an arrow. He's completely hetero, it's just that he inexplicably seeks out boys so that he can slip them the cock in the shower after football practice. It's one of the great mysteries of the universe.
Interestingly, there was a time when the gay rights movement was confused on this point as well. If you recall my previous entry about the Revere Sex Ring ( https://twogaybullies.wordpress.com/2011/08/05/kiddie-porn-ring-busted-glad-theyll-have-good-lawyers/ ), there was quite the moral panic sweeping Boston in the late 1970's. The district attorney, alarmed by the sordid sex dungeon uncovered in Revere that involved adult men having sex with underaged boys, set up a hotline that people could call to report pedophiles. The LGBTQXYZ community went nuts. They took the DA to court and a judge ordered the hotline be nixed.
The local gay magazine, Fag Rag, spoke out against the hotline:
"And we wanted to work to guarantee that the legal rights of the accused were observed in the midst of this panic. … It has always been the Fag Rag position that an attack on any part of the gay community (particularly one of its 'fringes') is an attack on all gay people."
Uh…what? Wait a second. Child molesters are now "part of the gay community"? But they aren't gay. Odd how a gay magazine would be so concerned about the plight of child molesters.
The Boston/Boise Committee was formed to fight this witchhunt. When I say 'witchhunt", I mean a hotline that people could call to alert the police to children being raped in their neighborhood. They came out with some great material.
Under the heading "The Gay Community Fights Back":
"Gay people have not been silent… The Boston/Boise Committee was formed to coordinate the attack on the witchhunt…It stopped the viscious hotline by threatening court action…It established a study group on the reform of sex laws. It sponsors the involvement of the National Jury Project to poll public opinion and assist jury selection. It fosters the discussion of the moral and legal issues involved in sexuality among gay men and adolescent boys."
Wait just a darn minute here. Gay man don't have sex with adolescent boys. Because gay men who have sex with adolescent boys aren't really gay at all. They're child rapists. And child rapists have no sexual orientation.
Confusion abounds on this point. I've even been to some gay bookstores that carry pedophilia literature. Obviously, the owner of the bookstore is confused. Pedophilia literature doesn't belong in a gay bookstore because pedophiles are not gay. It's as completely unrelated to gayness as a book about architecture or the Sanskrit. Kind of weird how a gay bookstore owner, presumably gay himself, would stock his shelves with pedophilia literature. It's as if he doesn't know.
It doesn't help that child molesters keep telling people that they're gay men. The North American Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA), for example, really wants to march in our Pride parades. Thirty years ago, we used to allow them, but not any more. Churchy people used to point to the child molesting faction of our Pride parades and falsely accuse us of tolerating the perverts in our midst. They clung to the silly belief that men who have sex with boys and then march in gay pride parades are gay. It became an embarrassment and a political liabilty to keep hosting NAMBLA so we had to sever the relationship.
In fact, NAMBLA was the first American LGBTQXYZ organization to join the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA). Er, wait a second, they're not LGBTQXYZ, they're a bunch of child rapists. Slip of the tongue, sorry. NAMBLA was later expelled when right wing Senator Jesse Helms threatened to withhold UN dues unless ILGA expelled NAMBLA. Weird how the other clubs let them join, considering the fact that they're not gay.
NAMBLA keeps spreading the viscious lie that their fondness for butt sex with adolescent boys has something to do with homosexuality. After being scorned by the Human Rights Commission as being not genuinely gay, NAMBLA responded:
"man/boy lovers are part of the gay movement and central to gay history and culture…"
Which is basically true, although we don't want to admit that.
This is how we rationalize it to ourselves. Men who have sex with other males who are over the age of eighteen (or sixteen, depending on your jurisdiction) are gay. But men who have sex with males under the age of eighteen (or sixteen, depending on your jurisdiction) are sick, perverted pedophiles. They are definitely not gay and we can categorically say that none of them are motivated by sexual attraction.
The act of buttfucking someone who is above the age of consent is not at all comparable to the act of buttfucking someone below the age of consent. They are completely unrelated phenomena. It's not apples and oranges, it's more like apples and rocket ships. The former is kind of like having black skin. It's comparable to things like race and eye color. You're just born that way. It's not related to other deviant sexual acts. But the latter is sick. It's raping kids, and so it's comparable to all sorts of other sick sexual acts.
It kind of makes me wonder. Let's say I was hooking up with one of my students at the local high school. This is just a hypothetical, okay? It's not like I've done it. At least not on more than half a dozen times. The age of consent here in Massachusetts is sixteen, so I can have my pick of the sophmores and above. Freshmen are off limits. So if I'm boinking one of them, I'm a gay man just like Gerry Studds and his sixteen year old boy toy. But if I take my young lover to one of my favorite gay retreats in Key West, I'm suddenly a child molester. Because the age of consent in Florida is eighteen. Obviously, if I were in Florida, I wouldn't even be able to get it up. Because I'm a gay man and not a pedophile.
So obviously, Jerry Sandusky doesn't feel any attraction toward his victims. He's not gay, okay? He's straight. One hundred percent straight, even when he's giving a youngster a hummer in the shower. Because he doesn't even get off on it when he does it. It's all about power relationships. There's nothing queer about him.


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"Olie the Goalie" had been with the Washington Capitals franchise since they selected him in the 1989 Draft; he was the first South African-born player to be drafted to the NHL; he was the last remaining Capital to have worn the original red, white and blue uniform and the blue jersey from 1995. He spent several years in the American Hockey League with the Baltimore Skipjacks, Rochester Americans, and Portland Pirates, and the ECHL with the Hampton Roads Admirals, after playing major junior hockey for the New Westminster Bruins and Tri-City Americans of the Western Hockey League (WHL). During Kölzig's time with the Americans, he had an on-ice fistfight with Portland Winter Hawks goaltender Byron Dafoe, someone with whom he would go on to have a friendly rivalry in the NHL—so friendly that they served as each other's best man in their respective weddings. On November 29, 1989, Kölzig scored a goal with the Americans. During 2004/05 NHL lockout he signed with the German club Eisbären Berlin.


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'Blindside' Star Quinton Aaron Has Been Hospitalized, Actor Reveals Details
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June 19, 2019
Blindside star Quinton Aaron has been hospitalized and for something more serious than the cold he only thought he had.
The actor had posted a video to his Instagram, worrying fans and simply captioned it "Matters of the Heart! I appreciate the love and prayers and continue to have faith that it's all gonna be ok"! And in the video itself, from the hospital bed, he said:
"I'm gonna be good. A couple of health issues just popped up on my radar, and I'm currently in the hospital. But, everything's all good, nothing to worry about. And this is just so you hear it from the horse's mouth instead of the word getting out any other way. But, I'm good. Thank you. For those of you that do know what's up with me, and have been praying for me, I appreciate you, appreciate the love, and everything. I appreciate the prayers. And I will be back at 100 percent, and I will continue to do what I love to do. I will continue doing movies and acting and producing and all that good stuff. This minor setback is not a disruption. And what I got going on, I'm still gonna continue to do what I do. And I just wanna thank all of y'all that stuck with me and are sticking with me, and are praying for me and rooting for me to get better. Much love to you all. God bless."
According to a video obtained by TMZ, Aaron revealed he is in the hospital with an upper respiratory infection. He said, "I came into the hospital because I had been sick for the past couple of months and I thought it was a cold, but I couldn't shake it. It wasn't going anywhere, so I came in to hopefully get some medicine and clear stuff up, and they ran my blood pressure and said, 'We gotta admit you.' Thinking it's hypertension, I got kidnapped and thrown in the hospital for the past couple of days. But then they ran some tests and blood work and they told me that I had an upper respiratory infection, and that my bronchitis had flared up again."
TMZ also reports that he will be home Wednesday (June 19th) following his treatment. Get well soon Quinton!
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Last we heard, From Software's Demon's Souls, the PlayStation 3 role-playing game with incredibly innovative online features, would keep its North American servers going until at least October 6, 2011, the game's second birthday. Today, publisher Atlus says it plans to keep the Demon's Souls online party goin' into next year.
"While it comes at significant cost to us and although it has been over two years since the game revolutionized the notion of multiplayer and online functionality in an RPG," said Atlus' PR man Aram Jabbari, "Our commitment to the game and the fans that turned it into an incredible success remains as strong as ever. While the reality is that one day the servers will ultimately close due to operation and maintenance costs, that day is not today, nor will it be this year."
Demon's Souls network component lets players leave messages for their fellow adventurers, replay the deaths of others, and invade the online worlds of other players, either cooperating with them or battling against them.
The game's spiritual successor, Dark Souls, comes to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in North American on October 4. If you're looking for an introduction to From Software's brand of challenging sword and sorcery, Demon's Souls is a great place to start. In fact, I'd highly recommend that Dark Souls players brush up on their Demon's Souls. You're going to need the practice. Trust me.
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Q. We have to scrap more parts than we want because of craters in paint film. We think this is caused by oil coming from micro pores in the sheet metal. Questions:
- Have you seen this before?
- What do you think it is?
- How do other people deal with this problem?
- If no one else has this problem, what am I doing wrong in my process?—D.K.
A. I have seen film defects similar to those (in emailed photo), and I believe it could be contamination from spray gun air or from conveyor chain lubrication, both of which would be evaporated or burned off by a baking oven. Another common source of surface contamination is spray booth make-up air. Vaporized and particulate contaminants can travel great distances in shop ventilating air and then be drawn into spray booths in make-up air, ending up on unpainted and painted surfaces.
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The most important thing for you to do is to identify the contaminant, then eliminate it. The paint process you describe in your attachment seems to be excellent. The substrate problem could be proven by microscopic examination.
Q. We have a dryer and filter at the air compressor, and use a double-cartridge filter prior to the air going to the booth. I have sent samples of the filter to be examined for hydrocarbon contamination, but no contamination was found. The cartridges are also changed monthly.
What sort of takes the coating environment out of the picture is that I have had all of one job show the same defect, while parts from other jobs only 4 ft. away show no defects. All variables (washing process, drying process, coating process, air supply and curing process) are the same except for the metal thickness and the amount of manufacturing being done to the part. We have never witnessed this on material thicker than 11 gauge.
We have executed some experiments on the process in the past, splitting a job into three groups of parts that each went through a different paint process.
Group 1 parts followed the washing and coating process that was described in the attachment sent to you. Group 2 parts were washed through the 11-stage washer, dried for 20 minutes at 270°F and removed from the line following the dry-off oven. Parts then followed the cleaning process described in the attachment. Group 3 parts followed the process described in the attachment but were sent completely around the entire conveyor line twice. The first time through, the Group 3 parts were not painted, however they were subjected to a high, 400°F curing temperature. These parts then were allowed to stay on the moving line for the second pass through the cleaning process.
Test results showed that 13 out of the 15 Group 1 parts had defects and 11 out of 15 Group 2 parts showed defects, while all 15 Group 3 parts were defect-free. We ran this experiment several times and obtained the same results in Group 3 each time. Therefore, I suggested that some parts should be sent around the process twice to remove any contaminate that could be coming out of the steel. This is a costly remedy, however, and is naturally not fondly accepted as a fix to the problem.–S.C.
A. I have never encountered the phenomenon you described when painting sheet steel, although I have seen it many times when painting castings, which are porous. After reading your results, I agree with your conclusions. The samples in test three were defect-free because you forced the offending contaminants out of the micropores during the first pass through the bake oven. My only suggestion is to find another steel supplier.
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By Alan Wheatley
LONDON (Reuters) – A clutch of surveys this week is likely to show the global economy slowly picking up even as new and old uncertainties combine to test the optimism of businesses and consumers alike.
Purchasing managers indexes (PMIs) for the euro zone, China and the United States are all forecast to climb further away from the boom-bust line of 50. Germany's closely watched IFO business sentiment index is also expected to show a gain.
Gross domestic product in the euro zone remains 3 percent below its 2008 peak and unemployment is at a record high, but the 17-member bloc is set to expand for the second quarter in a row after 18 months of contraction, according to Bert Colijn, an economist with the Conference Board in Brussels.
Even the construction industry, which crashed when the financial crisis struck, appears to be bottoming out.
"The outlook continues to improve for Europe in general," Colijn said. "The fact that we're seeing a momentum change at the moment is a positive signal."
Jim O'Neill, former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, said the PMIs of the entire Group of Seven advanced industrial countries were all rising quite significantly for the first time since 2008.
An exceptionally strong reading last week for the Philadelphia Federal Reserve's manufacturing survey also hinted that the global economy was stirring.
"It's quite conceivable that declining commodity prices are giving a big lift to real incomes," O'Neill said.
That's the good news.
The bad news is that the Fed, in deciding not to start scaling back its bond buying, has created new uncertainty by playing down the importance of the unemployment rate in isolation as a guide to its monetary policy.
In June, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said he expected to start withdrawing stimulus this year and end asset purchases by mid-2014, when the jobless rate was likely to be near 7 percent.
Last Wednesday, adopting a more discretionary stance, he emphasized that he had no fixed calendar in mind.
Although markets initially cheered the tapering reprieve, economists polled by Reuters said the Fed had failed to communicate its views clearly in advance.
Because the Bank of England has also tied its policy to hitting a precise unemployment target, the U.S. central bank's shift could have broader repercussions.
"The Fed's move is a major blow for the credibility of forward guidance," O'Neill said.
In standing pat, Bernanke said he needed more evidence of solid growth and fretted over a sharp tightening in financial conditions since he first flagged that tapering was on the way.
Robert Wescott, president of Keybridge Research in Washington, put more weight on a third reason Bernanke gave – a fast-approaching showdown in Washington over the 2014 budget and an increase in the federal debt ceiling.
"I do think at the margin that was the factor that tipped them into not acting," Wescott told a conference organized by Oxford Analytica, a consultancy.
If the Senate and House of Representatives fail to pass a funding bill, the government could shut down on October 1.
Although most Congress-watchers doubt it will come to that, Democrats and Republicans are digging in, ensuring a nervous end to the month for markets that could deflect attention from revised GDP, durable goods and housing data.
Another source of uncertainty is the shape of Germany's new government after Sunday's general election and what it will mean for Berlin's policy towards the euro.
Angela Merkel is expected to remain chancellor but she might need as long as two months to form a coalition.
If Merkel's Christian Democrats cannot continue to govern with the liberal Free Democrats but are forced into a coalition with the center-left Social Democrats, Germany may be more open to forging a banking union without an arduous treaty change, said Hartmut Mayer, a fellow in politics at Oxford University.
Mechanisms to supervise, bail out and close down banks at the euro zone level are critical to putting the single currency on a firmer foundation.
The Social Democrats would also be more open to the principle of euro zone debt mutualization as part of an ultimate solution to southern Europe's debt overhang, Mayer said.
"It would be the same chancellor but a different constellation and I think that makes a difference, he said.
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George Hickman holds a photo of himself in the cockpit of an AT6 trainer airplane on Jan. 16, 2009. Hickman, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, died Aug. 19, 2012.
George Hickman, a Tuskegee airman decorated as among the first black pilots to fly for the U.S. military during World War II, died over the weekend.
His wife, Doris, confirmed to the Associated Press that he died on Sunday morning in Seattle. He was 88.
Hickman had a long association with the sports community in Seattle, working as an usher at University of Washington sporting events as well as NFL football games with the Seattle Seahawks.
"Things will be a little different right before we go out on the court not being able to shake the hand of George Hickman," UW men's basketball coach Lorenzo Romar tweeted. "He was one of the most inspirational men that I have ever met."
"George Hickman will be missed. He represented the UW and the Tuskegee airmen with class. I will always appreciate how he treated my family," added UW football coach Steve Sarkisian.
Hickman raised the "12th Man Flag" at a Seahawks game in November.
"He was always quick with a handshake and a smile to those entering the press box and when asked how he was doing, Hickman would answer, 'Blessed to be here,'" the Seahawks' Clare Farnsworth wrote.
In 2007, Hickman traveled with other Tuskegee airmen to Washington, D.C., to receive the Congressional Gold Medal. He also attended President Obama's inauguration in 2009.
The critically-acclaimed movie, "Red Tails," which is produced by George Lucas and tells the story of the Tuskegee airman – the first African-American aviators to serve in the armed forces, is being released on DVD and Blu-Ray Tuesday. Tuskegee airman Roscoe Brown and actor Elijah Kelley join NewsNation to discuss.
The grandson of slaves, Hickman grew up in St. Louis, and joined the segregated pilot training program in Tuskegee, Ala. in 1943, serving until 1945, according to his Army profile.
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"There was nothing better in the world. In that biplane, the guy wires between the wings were like musical instruments," he told The News Tribune of Tacoma, Wash., in 2011.
But Hickman also recalled in a 2009 Associated Press interview the humiliation of being pushed off sidewalks in the South and spit at while in uniform.
As a cadet captain, he was effectively blocked from flying when he called out white superior officers for the mistreatment of a fellow black cadet. "I felt like I had really been mistreated," he told the AP.
New York City students react after seeing the film "Red Tails" and meeting former Tuskegee Airman Rosco Brown.
In 1955, he met and married his wife in Amarillo, Texas, while volunteering with her mother at a local library that supplied multi-cultural books to public schools, according to an Army article profiling the Hickmans.
"He was just a wonderful man," Doris Hickman told The Associated Press on Monday.
He moved to Seattle in 1955 to work for Boeing. He retired in 1984.
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Senate bill has new Iran sanctions
The Senate Banking Committee's leaders have drafted a bill that would slap fresh sanctions on Iran and will pass the legislation if Tehran fails to follow through on its end of a temporary nuclear deal with global powers.
Crafted by Banking Chairman Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) and ranking member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), the bill will be moved "quickly" if Iran falls short of the parameters of a six-month temporary agreement that relieves about $6 billion in sanctions in return for a draw-down of Iran's nuclear ambitions, Johnson said. Johnson said at a Thursday Iran hearing he would also act on the bill if negotiations with Iran to secure a more permanent deal collapse.
Top administration officials sought to placate senators itching to move more quickly than Johnson. Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said that total relief under the deal is a "modest fraction" of the approximately $100 billion in Iran's holdings that are unavailable due to global sanctions. And Under Secretary of Treasury David Cohen portrayed Iran's fiscal situation as chaotic and fatigued as a result of bipartisan sanction enforcement.
But Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) was undeterred, reading back to the officials past administration statements urging against a previous sanction bill. Menendez told Sherman and Cohen that previous successful efforts to slap penalties on Iran are "the things you all herald today as the essence of what got Iran to the negotiating table."
But Menendez said perhaps the Senate should go even further than another round of sanctions, given the broad criticism against the administration for the terms of a deal that many believe will leave Iran with unacceptable nuclear capacity. That step would likely come in the form of a Senate resolution that defines what Congress can stomach as part of a permanent diplomatic deal with Iran.
"Maybe what the Senate needs to do is find the endgame and define what it finds acceptable," Menendez said.
On a separate track from Johnson and Crapo, powerful Democrats like Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York and Menendez are teaming with Republicans like John McCain of Arizona and Mark Kirk of Illinois to work on a bill that would trigger new sanctions if diplomatic talks with Iran fall through. But Johnson said emphatically at a hearing on ongoing talks that he disagrees with such an approach.
"Some have argued that acting on a bill now, as long as it does not become effective in 6 months, gives the administration additional leverage in negotiations. The President disagrees, arguing that Congressional action on new sanctions would be taken as a sign of bad faith by our P5+1 partners and by Iran, and could erode or even unravel the sanctions regime," Johnson said. "We should not do anything counterproductive that might shatter Western unity on this issue – we should make sure that if the talks fail, it was Iran that caused their failure."


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Corsarios del Río de la Plata
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While vaccination to control equine influenza (EI) in endemic areas is common practice, little is known about the use of early vaccination to eradicate the disease during an outbreak. Researchers recently examined the effect of early vaccination during an outbreak, using the 2007 EI outbreak in Australia, which had previously been free of EI, as a model.
"The Australian EI outbreak was associated with very high rates of spread in the early stages. This was a function of both an entirely naïve population, and movements and mixing of horses associated with a number of weekend recreational events prior to EI being recognized. These events were undoubtedly a key feature contributing to the size and extent of the outbreak," noted Graeme Garner, DVM, director of the animal health epidemiology program at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry in Canberra, Australia.
Government agencies and the horse community implemented controls to contain the outbreak, including biosecurity measures, restricted movement, and vaccination. Approximately 140,000 horses in affected areas were vaccinated, beginning in the second month of the epidemic, as part of the nationally-coordinated EI control program.
Researchers in Australia employed a premises-level model using the epidemiological data from the 2007 EI outbreak to ascertain the role vaccination played in disease eradication and whether earlier vaccination would have made a significant impact on the epidemic.
"A detailed epidemiological model of the outbreak was constructed that took into account regional variation in disease transmission, accounted for the effects of movement controls and biosecurity measures, and factored in realistic resources for vaccination," explained Garner. "The model was shown to accurately recreate the first month of the 2007 outbreak, both spatially and temporally. It was used to compare emergency vaccination strategies with a no vaccination strategy. The vaccination strategies were based on different sized areas around infected premises with vaccination starting from Day 7 into the control program."
Using this simulation model to represent the Australian EI outbreak, researchers analyzed the spread of the outbreak, concluding that within a month of implementing a control program, the vaccination strategies evaluated had reduced the number of new infections on average by 60% and the size of the infected area by 8-9% compared with no vaccination. In the event of limited quantities of available vaccines, a 1-to-3 kilometer "ring" of vaccination around infected premises acted to contain disease spread.
These results demonstrate strategic early vaccination could have reduced number of infected horses. Ultimately, this study's findings suggest the following measures play critical roles in curtailing the spread of EI:
- Movement controls and quarantines;
- Biosecurity measures such as foot baths, hand washing, disinfection of equipment and isolation of infected horses; and
- Early vaccination.
"Although vaccination was used in 2007, this was not until five weeks into the control program and it has been suggested that it had a limited impact on containing and eradicating the outbreak," noted Garner. "This study has shown that vaccination used early in an outbreak is an effective approach to preventing cases of disease. Used with other disease control measures (such as premises biosecurity, movement restrictions), it may have significantly reduced the size of the 2007 Australian EI outbreak.
"This reduction occurs despite the fact that the vaccine does not produce sterile immunity, with vaccinated horses still able to become infected and shed virus," he continued. "The study found that movement restrictions and biosecurity measures as applied in the 2007 outbreak were highly effective in reducing spread and containing the disease geographically, although the disease continued to actively spread within many of the affected regions."
Garner noted further studies are called for to better understand the mechanisms by which equine influenza can spread between premises, in particular whether longer distance airborne transmission can occur.
This study, "Evaluating the effectiveness of early vaccination in the control and eradication of equine influenza–a modelling approach," was published in the April 2011 issue of Preventive Veterinary Medicine. Read the abstract online.


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I wish I could have gotten in Philip Seymour Hoffman's ear to give him some honest estate-planning advice before the magnificently talented actor died from a drug overdose earlier this year.
The recent headlines are about his unwillingness to make "trust-fund kids" of his three children, but as an estate-planning attorney and wealth planning professional, I believe he made some easily avoidable mistakes that could prove damaging in their impact on his family — and all for no clear gain.
As his will lumbers through surrogate's court probate proceedings in Manhattan, supporting filings have outlined the actor's wishes: That his kids receive no part of his estimated $35 million estate, and that the kids' mother, Hoffman's longtime life partner, costume designer Mimi O'Donnell — whom Hoffman never married — should receive his estate more or less in its entirety.
When a person of substantial means dies, they've essentially got three main choices they can make for their money. They can leave it to their family. They can be philanthropic and leave it to one or more nonprofits. Or they can leave it to the United States federal government — the IRS — in the form of estate taxes.
Hoffman's lack of planning has maximized the IRS's take with no benefit to his family or to charities. Here's what I would have advised:
I hear what you're saying about not wanting to create "trust-fund kids." I know the idea of wealth without work can create some unappealing traits if care and guidance isn't provided to the kids, and I understand why you'd want to avoid setting your kids up to fail.
But you're about to do something that is … there's no delicate way to say this … foolish. You're going to do badly by your kids, badly by your partner, Mimi, and badly by the communities you're part of and care about. You're going to throw your hard-won dollars down the dark hole we call the IRS, and I don't think that's your real intention.
First, your estate is going to be tax-eviscerated by your straight bequest to Mimi. It might not be right, given how long you two have been together, but the reality is there's only an estate-tax deduction for legally married couples. If you two are married, Mimi gets 100% of your estate with no current tax obligation if you die. But because you're not, she's going to get hammered, hard, for about 40% of everything you're worth over $5.4 million. That's about $12 million that's going to go straight to the IRS.
I know you're a passionate guy — you care deeply about certain charities and causes you've supported in the past, especially ones that fight hunger, provide disaster relief, and take care of the needs of aging actors and actresses. Wouldn't you rather see your money go to those kinds of badly needed initiatives than to the government?
Second, let's examine the "no trusts, ever" thing. That's just painting with an overly broad brush that coats over all the things you can do for your kids with trust structures without ever even mildly risking their becoming what you think of as "trust-fund kids."
Do you want to pay for your kids' education? Of course you do. You can fund that through a trust. Even if Mimi were to get married after you pass away and her spouse had other ideas about what to do with all that money rather than educating your kids, nothing could derail the trusts you set up for their education.
Same thing for health-care matters. Suppose one of the kids turns up with leukemia or is in a very serious car accident. And suppose Mimi makes bad investments, or that she herself passes away. Now who's making sure the funds for your kids are there when they need them? Not to buy fast cars and expensive clothes, but to pay for things you'd pay for in a heartbeat if you were there with them.
If you do proper estate planning ahead of time, you can be pretty sure that what you want to have happen in the event you die WILL happen when you die. You can choose how much goes in each bucket — to Mimi, to the kids, to charities you care about, and even to the IRS if you think that's important, too. You can make those calls and set the rules in a way that will reinforce what you would have done if you were still alive.
You don't even have to give the kids any money — but wouldn't you rather see that $12 million that your estate would pay directly to the IRS instead placed in a trust designed to pay for emergency health care for them, and then have it flow on to one of the actors' charities you've always backed rather than into the IRS's bank account?
You can set up trust rules that promote the life lessons of hard work and appreciation for the less fortunate that you care about. You can create something that is a learning tool, not a wellspring of dependency.
Further, the right trust structure can keep your estate out of probate court, where nosy reporters and sensationalistic websites have a field day reporting every detail of your will.
And one last thing: The only will you have in effect refers solely to your son Cooper, who's now 10. You've got two daughters now who are 5 and 7 years old. That means you haven't given this disciplined thought in at least seven or eight years. That's almost back to the time you played Truman Capote and won your Oscar.
That's a long time to go without planning. You owe it to your kids and to Mimi to get on this, to think it through, to update it. And to not dismiss all the structural planning that will help get done what you really want to get done. And to support the causes and nonprofits you think are important — not what some congressman or senator thinks is important.
Well, that's what I would have told him. Sometimes great artists like Hoffman aren't the most facile with planning for their family's financial future. It's clear he really needed help — and it's not clear whether he got it.
Maybe he was given this straight talk and still decided to go his own way. But it's too bad, if in the end he didn't have people around him who were willing to speak frankly and clearly to him.
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Melissa Montgomery-Fitzsimmons is an estate-planning attorney and the director of wealth planning at First Western Trust, a Colorado-based multistate private bank and trust.


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NOTE: I earlier published "23andMe is Looking to Expand to Millions More Users with a New Genetic DNA Report on Diabetes." The article is available at: http://bit.ly/2UwqYjV. Several newsletter readers asked questions about the new announcement. I decided to post my comments here in the newsletter in case others have similar questions.
I also have some personal comments.
All I know about the new diabetes reports is what is in the announcement from 23andMe, as published at https://blog.23andme.com/health-traits/type-2-diabetes.
The report does say, "This new report will impact …" I interpret the word "will" to mean it isn't available today but will become available soon. Also, the same article states: "To learn more about the science behind 23andMe's new Type 2 Diabetes report see our white paper" (which is available at: https://permalinks.23andme.com/pdf/23_19-Type2Diabetes_March2019.pdf).
Personal Comments:
I am especially interested in this new report because (1.) I am a 23andMe customer who has received earlier medical reports from the company and (2.) I was diagnosed as a Type 2 diabetic 11 years ago.
Over the next few years, my diabetes became worse and worse. At one time, I was giving myself 2 different kinds of insulin shots every day plus 7 different prescription pills every day plus some over-the-counter medications. My bathroom's medicine cabinet looked like a drug store! I was paying more than $500 a month as my co-pay for the medications while my insurance company paid a lot more than that.
One of the insulin injections cost more than $800 a month total. My insurance company paid about $500 of that charge but my co-pay for that one medicine alone was $340 a month. Then there were co-pays on the other 8 prescriptions, including a second kind of injectable insulin that cost me a co-pay about $120 a month. The various pills were cheaper, with co-pays varying for $5 a month to $20 a month each.
However, I recently enrolled in a medically-supervised program that has driven my diabetes into remission and I no longer give myself any insulin shots and a couple of weeks ago I stopped taking the last of my prescription pills. Since giving up all the prescriptions, I have lost an additional 10 pounds. In the past 5 years, (starting long before the present medically-supervised program), I have lost 34 pounds due to my diets. I expect to lose more. Best of all, I never go hungry!
I feel great and have more energy than I have had in years, along with no obnoxious side effects from all the drugs. I could write a book about side effects of prescription drugs. Life without drugs is great!
The family history problems
Diabetes is commonly found in both sides of my family tree. My father was a diabetic and my older sister also is a diabetic. So were one of my grandparents, one of my great-grandmothers, several of my aunts, uncles, and a number of my cousins. Obviously, in our cases, diabetes was caused by a poor choice of ancestors!
Therefore, I am very interested in the genetics involved and have already coached my daughter and several of my nieces and nephews about avoiding diabetes. (Science has recently proven that Type 2 Diabetes is usually avoidable, even if your ancestors were diabetic!)
Future Plans
I will be watching the story of 23andMe and any other company's reports on inherited diabetes closely and probably will write about any such news in this newsletter whenever it becomes available.
Once I have completed the present medically-supervised program and if I feel the results are worth sharing, I probably will write an article about inherited tendencies towards diabetes and the solution I found to force diabetes into remission. Please note that I am saying "remission," not cured. The article will not be written from a medical expert's view as I certainly am not qualified to give medical advice. Instead, I plan to only describe my success with the program.
I cannot tell if the same program works for everyone or not. I can only describe one person's results, that of my own. I can describe my own experiences and probably will encourage you to find your own solution(s), which might be different from mine.
For a "normal" article about diabetes or any other medical subject, I probably would not write about it in a genealogy newsletter. However, for INHERITED medical issues, especially issues that I am intimately familiar with, you can expect to find such articles in this genealogy newsletter.
For most people, even those of us with inherited tendencies, Type 2 diabetes appears to be avoidable!


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Raul Ibañez nominated for Branch Rickey Award
Named for legendary baseball executive, award honors "selfless acts of community service"
Seattle Mariners Outfielder Raul Ibañez has been nominated for the prestigious Branch Rickey Award which recognizes a Major League Baseball player, manager, coach or executive for their "contributions to the community or their status as a role model."
Ibañez, who is on his third tour with the Mariners, has always been active in community programs. He was one of the co-chairs of this year's annual Mariners Care Cystic Fibrosis Golf Tournament on June 24, which raised $220,000 this year. During his career with the Mariners, Raul has hosted the charity tournament six times. Over those years, the event has raised over $1.176 million for CF research.
Ibañez has also served as spokesman for the Mariners Refuse to Abuse® partnership with the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and is an active participant in Make-A-Wish®, which grants wishes to kids with life-threatening medical conditions.
Over his career, Raul has also supported a number of local charities and non-profits including Boys & Girls Clubs, Seattle Children's Hospital, Esperanza, Page Ahead Children's Literacy Program, Volunteers of America, Teammates For Kids Foundation, Olive Crest, Treehouse, Canine Companions For Independence, Covenant House Pennsylvania, and Project H.O.M.E.
Raul was the Mariners nominee and local winner for the Roberto Clemente Award for three consecutive seasons from 2006-2008. In 2006, Raul was named by the Sporting News as one of the "Good Guys" in sports and was a nominee for the Major League Baseball Players Association's "Heart & Hustle" Award. In 2011, as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies, Ibañez received the Tug McGraw Good Guy Award from the Philadelphia chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America.
Former Mariners pitcher Jamie Moyer won the Branch Rickey Award in 2004. R.A. Dickey, who pitched for the Mariners in 2008, received the honor in 2012.
Created by the Rotary Club of Denver in 1991, the Branch Rickey Award honors individuals in baseball who contribute unselfishly to their community and who are strong role models for others. Each year, Major League Baseball teams nominate a player, coach or executive for this nationally acclaimed award.
The annual Branch Rickey Award event is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Denver and the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association (MLBPAA) to benefit Denver Kids, Inc., a program for at-risk students in the Denver Public Schools. Denver Kids matches youths with mentors, many of them Rotarians, who serve as role models.
The late Branch Rickey, known to millions as "Mr. Baseball," is credited with breaking the color barrier in the Major Leagues in 1945 by signing Jackie Robinson, the first modern day African American player. Rickey also helped develop the farm system in baseball and stimulated the sport's expansion into more cities. As an advocate for underprivileged children, he spearheaded the development of the famous "Knot Hole Gang," which allowed kids to attend big league games.
The 2013 Branch Rickey Award will be presented on November 16, in Denver.


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National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- October 10, 2012 2:00 PM
Mark Haddon's celebrated, multi-award-winning novel is beautifully and imaginatively adapted into a stage play for the first time.
Christopher, fifteen years old, stands beside Mrs Shears' dead dog, Wellington. It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in his book to solve the mystery. He has an extraordinary brain, exceptional at maths but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched and he distrusts strangers. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that upturns his world.
Mark Haddon's novel was Whitbread Book of the Year in 2003, and has now sold over 2 million copies around the world. Marianne Elliott co-directed the globally successful stage production of War Horse for the National, for which she won a Tony Award in 2011. Simon Stephens, twice Best Foreign Playwright of the Year, is the author of many original plays and adaptations, including Harper Regan and On the Shore of the Wide World, both directed by Marianne Elliott at the National Theatre.
For more information, please visit the National Theatre Live website.


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My Lost On A Desert Island music collection would have 35 songs from 1966 on it.
Following are the first 15. Hope you find one to enjoy or one that brings back some pleasant memories for you this Monday, October 23.
(Theme From) The Monkees by The Monkees
(You Don't Have To) Paint Me A Picture by Gary Lewis & The Playboys
And Then Along Comes Mary by The Association
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) by Cher
Day Tripper by The Beatles
Private Video
Daydream by The Lovin' Spoonful
Sunshine Superman by Donovan
For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield
Georgy Girl by The Seekers
Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys
Homeward Bound by Simon & Garfunkel
I Am A Rock by Simon & Garfunkel
I Fought The Law by The Bobby Fuller Four
I'm A Believer by The Monkees
I'm A Boy by The Who